Biden honors January 6 democracy defenders: ‘History will remember your names’ | CNN Politics

CNN  —  President Joe Biden on Friday commemorated two years since the January 6, 2021, insurrection…

Kyiv dismisses Putin’s call for 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine as ‘hypocrisy’ | CNN

CNN  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defense minister to implement a temporary ceasefire…

First on CNN: Biden to honor 12 people with Presidential Citizens Medal on two-year anniversary of January 6 insurrection | CNN Politics

CNN  —  President Joe Biden on Friday plans to mark the two-year anniversary of the January…

Virginia judge decreases punitive damages owed by Unite the Right organizers from $24 million to $350,000 | CNN

CNN  —  A Virginia judge applied the state’s statutory punitive damages cap to decrease the amount…

FBI increases reward for information on pipe bombs found near RNC and DNC headquarters to $500,000 | CNN Politics

Washington CNN  —  The FBI is now offering $500,000 for information leading to an arrest of…

Iranian authorities release prominent actress Taraneh Alidoosti on bail | CNN

CNN  —  One of Iran’s best-known actresses, who was arrested after she criticized the execution of…

Israel’s rightward shift leaves its new Arab allies in an awkward spot | CNN

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McCarthy’s bet on Trump has yet to pay off as he scrambles for speaker’s gavel | CNN Politics

CNN  —  Being “My Kevin” isn’t counting for much yet. Kevin McCarthy’s failure to lock down…

‘This made us all unemployable’: Trump White House aides respond to January 6 in angry text exchange | CNN Politics

CNN  —  A text exchange between Ivanka Trump’s chief of staff Julie Radford and White House…

See revealing January 6 text from former Trump aide Hope Hicks | CNN Politics

See revealing January 6 text from former Trump aide Hope Hicks CNN’s Tom Foreman takes a…